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CITE MEXICO CITY 44345

TOs) PRIORITY GLRECTOR,

REFS: A, DIRECTOR 190792
B. MEXICG CITY 44308 0429877
C. GIRECTIR 184902

1. REF A CABLE ANSWERS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OF PRIMARY
CONCERN. TO THIS STATION, GUT AT SAME TIME, IT CONFIRMS THE WORST
FEARS EXPRESSED IN REF 6& CONCERNING REVELATIONS ABOUT OPERATIONS
AGAINST THE SOVIET TARGET IN MEXICO CITY,

2@.° IN GRDER QF IMPORTANCE, THE NBC PROGRAM CANNOT HELP BUT
BE DAMAGING TO U,S, SECURITY INTERESTS AND THIS AGENCY IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNERS

A, REVELATION OF SOURCES, THE STATEMENT BY BACH IN
REF C THAT HE "HAD NOT IDENTIFIED ANY SOURCES BY NAME OR DES=
CRIPTION THROUGHOUT THE TAPING..." IS REFUTED BY THE STATEMENT.
THAT A SOVIET WAS RECRUITED BY FORMER COS (ROGER T, KINGMAN) ©
DURING HIS TOUR, APART FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUM]
STANCES UNDER WKICH THE RECRUITMENT WAS MADE, THE SIMPLE STATEe
MENT THAT A SOVIET OFFICIAL WAS RECRUITED IS SUFFICIENT TO
SET OFF A FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION BY THE KGB INTO EVERY
SOVIET OFFICIAL wid SERVED IN MEXICO CITY OURING THAT TIME
FRAME, THE SOVYETS HAVE THE RESUURCES AND DETERMINATION TO
EVENTUALLY IGENTIFY THE SPY,

B. FUTURE RECRUITMENTS. HOw WILL IT BE POSSIBLE FOR
THIS AGENCY TO RECRUIT SOVIETS, OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER, IF
THE AGENCY CANNOY OFFER GUARANTEES THAT THE IDENTITY OF SOURCES
*ILL NOT BE EXPOSED BY SOME EMPLOYEE, REGARDLESS OF MOTIVATION?
WHILE THIS PROGS4AM KILL HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN MEXICO CITY,
LA PAZ, AND MOWTEVIDEO, THE FALLOUT AFFECTING FUTURE RECRUITMENTS:
AILL BE WORLD WILE,

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C, REVELATION OF METHODS, THE OPERATIONAL “TRADECRAFT.

. ant “STATION, wrILe S) REVEALED BY. BACH ARE STILL IN PRACTIC

RABLE SEGMEN
LIAISON COOPERATION, ©
ATH HIGH LEVELS OF THE?
IVING LICENSE-FOR, 9° 7.

D, DAMAGE TO LIAISON,
THIS STATION'S QGPERATIONS ARE.
THE RELATIONSHIP THIS STATIO
‘MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ALSO PROVIDE
UNILATERAL ENDEAVORS, THE \MEXTS WERNMENT IS” EXTREME!
( SENSITIVE TO TRE POSSIBILITY OF EXPOSURE OF INSTANCES OF:
CO-OPERATION, ‘THE POLITICAL RISK WHICH THE GOVERNMENT--1S*
WILLING TO_UNDERGO FOR THIS AGENCY°IS NOT UNLIMITED, | EXIST! Gc
OR POTENTIAL OPERATIONS COULD BE CURTAILED, oe ke

E, DAMAGE TO EXISTING SQURCES, IT REMAINS TO BE ;
SEEN HOW MANY CURRENT SOURCES WILL CONTINUE COLLABORATING WITH
THE AGENCY IN MEXICU CITY (OR OTHER STATIONS) AFTER THIS PROGRAM
1S RELEASED,

F, EMBARRASSMENT TO PRESIDENT LOPEZ PORTILLO, AS
NOTEO IN REF 8, THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT WILL TRAVEL TO MOSCOW ON
A STATE VISIT IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS TIME, AS A MEANS TQ DAMAGE
CIA, IT WOULD WOT GF UNLIKE THE SOVIETS TO POINT OUT THAT
UNBRIDLED CIA OPERATIONS AGAINST A LEGITIMATE SOVIET PRESENCE
IN MEXICO ARE A MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE SOVIET UNION AND A
POTENTIAL IMPEDIMENT TO CONTINUING FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
TwO COUNTRIES, THE PRESIOENT MAY CHOQSE TO FINESSE SUCH A STATEMENT,
BUT THE POINT WILL HAVE BEEN MADE,

G, STATION SECURITY, DURING PAST MONTHS, HARDLY A
DAY HAS PASSED WHEN THE LOCAL PRESS HAS NUT CARRIED SOME ATTACK
AGAINST ALLEGED CIA ACTIVITIES IN FEXICO, WITHIN RECENT WEEKS,
THE AGENCY HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF EVERY CRIME FROM THE MURDER OF
PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO THE ABDUCTION OF ALDU MORO, THE NBC PROGRAM
AILL PROVIDE NEW GRIST FOR THE LOCAL PROPAGANDA MACHINE AND FURTHER
HIGHLIGHT CYA PRESENCE IN MEXICO WITH CONCOMITANT EROSION OF
STATION SECURITY,

H, FUTURE BACH REVELATIONS, THERE PROBABLY 1S NO WAY
TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF INFOSMATION THAT BACH HAS REVEALED
TU UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS, BACH ADMITS THAT HE HAS UNBURDENED HIS
SUUL TO HIS ERIENDS, AND UNDOUBTEOLY HAS PROVIDED MATERTAL TO NBC

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WHICH WAS NOT USED ON THE PROGRAM, FURTHER, AFTER THE PROGRAM
1S BROADCAST, BACH WILL BECOME AN INSTANT CELEBRITY AND A
SUBJECT OF INTEREST TO OTHER NEWSMEN OF VARIOUS STRIPES, WHEN
WILL HIS REVELATIONS. END?

3. STATION WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING MORE PRECISE IDENTIF T=

. CATION OF SITES MENTIONED PARA S REF A, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF

RESIDENCES AND LANDMARKS, WERE THESE THE RESIDENCES OF FORMER

‘OR CURRENT STATION PERSONNEL? WOULD ANY OF THE LANDMARKS BE OF

CONCERN TQ THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT? RECOGNIZE THAT IN ABSENCE OF
SOUND TRACK, THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE EXCEPT A

PERSON FAMILIAR WITH MEXICO CITY AND STATION OPS ACTIVITIES To
IDENTIFY THESE LOCATIONS AND JUDGE THEIR SIGNIFICANCE, NEVERTHELESS,
SUCH INFO ESSENTIAL IF STATION TO COMPLETE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

PRIOR BROADCAST OF THIS PROGRAM, PLS ADVISE SOONEST,

G4. FILE: 200-120-150, E2, IMPDET,

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